Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

“For love is more powerful than hate. Hope is more powerful than fear. And light is more powerful than dark.”

Jack Layton certainly didn't originate these bland ideas in 2011 and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't claim to have, but he's dead, so he can't repudiate this idiocy. Many hundreds of thousands of people have expressed similar sentiments in similar words. These are trite remarks, generally accepted as truisms. Plagiarism is impossible here, because plagiarism requires the theft of original thoughts or expressions.

also, Layton had the decency to croak directly afterwards

whatever, people can make references. it sounded more like Marianne Williamson than anyone else.

Just to be clear, I don't think it's a big deal at all, or even a small deal. But because it's Biden, it's awkward--they'll probably be a little less eager to call out whatever Melania Trump plagiarizes at the RNC.

Nothing awkward about it beyond the formulation itself, which is as banal as it gets. You can’t steal from the collective unconscious, it belongs to all.

This is where you lose me, someone who doesn't hate Biden and wants him to win.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

- yoda

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

- yoda Bob Marley

Could’ve sworn it was Mahatma Obama.

The correct answer is "All of the above."

"There are whores in this house."

-Abraham Lincoln

I've scanned the major newspapers and it's gotten no traction.

A worse story is a NYT front pager about the similarities b/w Biden's lead and Dukakis' coming after the '88 election....except in classic NYT fashion after six paragraphs or whatever of ominous rumblings it pivots to "BUT Biden's lead has been durable and none of Trump's tactics have worked."

wait, I'm wrong, it wasn't Lincoln

https://i.ibb.co/NCGZLzF/4ccr52.jpg

no musical for you JQA

jesus

https://i.imgur.com/vQPAr19.jpg

c'mon, man, help a brother out!

His social media voice should be less "your depressed grandfather who knows he's going to die soon"

that just looks like any other fundraising email to me

My only question is why they're still talking about their July numbers at the end of August. Especially since as far as I know the Harris selection brought in a tidal wave of money.

What a shameful scam of an electoral system

what a sad and sorry and sickening sight

idgi

Conventional wisdom says shake down your supporters while they are still sentimental about the convention speeches. This is SOP. Why jump at trifles like startled fleas?

At some point, you're going to figure out "this is the way it's always done" doesn't make it better or less sad for many of us.

No one's jumping at trifles... but his sadsack persona is a bummer. The guy's so close to death, give him a happier voice.

There was plenty of it in evidence at the DNC. I don't really care about fundraising emails.

(or Instagram posts, I guess)

My humble request to the biden campaign is: let joe write his own posts. This shit sucks so bad. I firmly believe he could rival Trump at posting if only you allowed it to happen. Unleash his true potential https://t.co/TiP2ISKMEp

— just kidding (@InternetHippo) August 23, 2020

You won't get my vote unless you tweet about Corn Pop, you coward

yes, FEEL your anger. Let it flow through you. Embrace the power of the dark side...

*smelly joe biden breaths on the back of your neck*

it's a tonsilith!!!

I plan to vote for Biden and a straight democratic ticket. It’s not based on “accelerationism” or anything like that; the liberals are clearly more competent people.

— Richard 🦁 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) August 23, 2020

Spencer on the Biden Bus

day five of the DNC

Biden (or the ppl around him) might be more effective at suppressing BLM and their demands than Trump. I think this is worth considering for the left wing ppl on here thinking about not voting.

sounds like joe's lost your vote

Aimless told me once I am helping suppress the Biden support sorry gotta do what I'm told

that's, to understate the case, pretty weak reasoning

Biden (or the ppl around him) might be more effective at suppressing BLM and their demands than Trump. I think this is worth considering for the left wing ppl on here thinking about not voting.

fuck outta here with this

that is the dumbest thing i've ever read on ilx

wait that wasn't a joke?

I mean it had no punchline and was stupid but considering who posted it that doesn't rule it out as an attempt at one

Really dumb take

it's possible that a biden presidency would encourage fewer people to take to the streets. the fury unleashed by george floyd's murder was compounded, for sure, by people's fury at trump, and the feeling that real reform is impossible under a regime that is hostile to even hearing out organizations like black lives matter. so, like, if you're interested in courthouses getting burned down in portland, then yes, biden might throw cold water on that stuff.

but to me the far more important question is whether we could have a government that actually means to reform the criminal justice system and also enact policies that will help marginalized communities, especially in economic terms. and this will not happen with republicans in office, especially not "trumpian" ones.

It's not funny so it kind of doesn't matter if it's a joke or not.

I agree

It wasn't an attempt at humour. Left leaning social democratic reforms have often stifled more radical demands such as the ones presented by defund the police activists.

trump is actively encouraging police and private citizens to kill black people, and covers their ass when they do, come the fuck on

So, given that bureaucracy and appeasement might slow down the reforms sought by BLM if we vote for Democrats, we should take votes away from them, which strengthens the vote count for the Republicans, who are sending federal forces to attack protesters, terrorizing families attempting to cross the borders, taking money from individuals to give to wealthy corporations, actively promoting racist conspiracy theorists running for federal positions, actively impeding the ability of Americans who don't agree with them to vote, and more. Got it.

Go fuck yourself.

Trump called BLM a hate group ffs